Pass rate
96.8%
Above average — 2.0 pts ahead of the 94.8% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 343 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £48–£130
2023 Volkswagen T-Cross MOT pass rate
- 2023
- typical 17,186 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
32.1% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2023 96.8% pass · this year
- Avoid 2019 89.5% pass
Across the 5 years on record, a spread of 7.3 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 96.7%
- Typical mileage
- 17k mi
The 2023 Volkswagen T-Cross MOT pass rate is 96.8% of its MOT tests — 2.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 32.1% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Volkswagen T-Cross does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.6× the national share
Tyres make up 32.1% of everything recorded on the 2023 Volkswagen T-Cross, against 19.8% nationally — 12.3 points above. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 12% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
- Based on a small sample. 343 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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How does the 2023 Volkswagen T-Cross compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 94.8%, so this figure is 2.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 96.7%. The median 2023 Volkswagen T-Cross in this dataset had covered 17,186 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 97.0% of the time, April–September 96.3%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 2.04% of tests.
- 343 recorded tests behind this page.
- 96.8% overall pass rate, 96.7% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Volkswagen T-Cross, the average is 91.4% — best year 2023 (96.8%), worst 2019 (89.5%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 343
- Typical mileage (median)
- 17,186 mi
- Make and model
- Volkswagen T-Cross
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Windscreen
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the T-Cross MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 42% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the T-Cross
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 61 | 96.7% |
| North West | 45 | 97.8% |
| Scotland | 43 | 100.0% |
| South West | 33 | 93.9% |
| East of England | 31 | 100.0% |
| East Midlands | 27 | 96.3% |
| West Midlands | 24 | 95.8% |
| Yorkshire | 23 | 95.7% |
| Wales | 23 | 95.7% |
| London | 20 | 95.0% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2023 T-Cross
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2023 T-Cross
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check the windscreen 2.0% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.
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Check the brakes 1.2% of tests
“brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick”
Look through the spokes of each wheel at the pad — less than 3mm of friction material, or a lip on the disc edge, is the usual failure. Check the handbrake holds on a slope with a few clicks, not at the top of its travel.
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Check the wipers and washers 0.9% of tests
“wipers blade defective”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the screen.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2023 T-Cross through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £48–£130 — and 12% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £48–£130
- Cheapest common item: wipers blade defective
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: other emission control equipment obviously…
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 12%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 343 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Every year of the T-Cross, side by side
5 model years on record, from 2019 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 89.5% to 96.8% — a spread of 7.3 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2019 89.5% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2020 91.4% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2021 92.6% brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
- 2022 93.9% brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
- 2023 96.8%windscreen damaged but not…
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2023 Volkswagen T-Cross with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2023 cars with a similar record
- Levc Tx 97.0%
- Mercedes-Benz Eqe 96.5%
- Ford Puma 96.5%
- Toyota Corolla 95.7%
- Kia Niro 95.5%
- Polestar Polestar 94.6%
Closest pass rates among 2023 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2023 Volkswagen T-Cross 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 10 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 111 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 36 | 32.10% | 19.76% | +12.34 |
| Brakes | 32 | 28.60% | 20.89% | +7.71 |
| Visibility | 15 | 13.40% | 4.97% | +8.43 |
| Non-component advisories | 12 | 10.70% | 4.18% | +6.52 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 4 | 3.60% | 12.21% | −8.61 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 4 | 3.60% | 5.52% | −1.92 |
| Suspension | 3 | 2.70% | 20.98% | −18.28 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 3 | 2.70% | 1.76% | +0.94 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 1 | 0.90% | 5.57% | −4.67 |
| Steering | 1 | 0.90% | 2.57% | −1.67 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.0% | £80–200 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.2% | £18–45 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 0.87% | £8–22 |
| Brake performance not tested unable to be tested Brakes | Major | 0.58% | £60–150 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 0.58% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.58% | £30–80 |
| Other emission control equipment obviously defective Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.58% | £60–250 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Major | 0.29% | £45–110 |
| Emissions not tested unable to be completed Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.29% | £60–250 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 0.29% | £45–95 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 5.5% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 2.9% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 2.6% | £18–45 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 1.8% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 1.2% | £20–80 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 0.87% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 282 | 97.9% | 15,321 mi |
| 30-60k | 54 | 94.4% | 39,482 mi |
| 60-90k | 4 | 50.0% | 73,265 mi |
| 90-120k | 2 | 100.0% | 105,111 mi |
Source: 343 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2023 T-Cross MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2023 Volkswagen T-Cross?
96.8% of the 343 2023 Volkswagen T-Cross tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 94.8% for cars first used in 2023. First-attempt pass rate: 96.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2023 Volkswagen T-Cross?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (2.04%), brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (1.17%), wipers blade defective (0.87%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2023 Volkswagen T-Cross MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 97.9% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2023 Volkswagen T-Cross in this dataset had covered 17,186 mi.
Does the season affect the 2023 Volkswagen T-Cross MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 97.0% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 96.3%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.